Amazon has launched Kiro, a new AI software development tool that uses autonomous agents to generate and maintain project plans, specs, and code documentation.

Amazon said Kiro goes beyond specs and hooks for developers and can be expanded with the Model Context Protocol, an open-source method for connecting AI agents to external tools. This provides developers with an extensive library of open-source AI tools they can connect to increase Kiro’s coding potential.

Delivers specs in the form of user stories Amazon Web Services has created what it's calling an "agentic IDE" that it claims avoids the pitfalls of vibe coding.… With the advent of generative AI, developers have experimented with using LLMs to rapidly generate and debug code in a process that's come to be known as vibe coding.